A New Parade - Girl Power

Today my family decided they wanted to go out shopping and I managed to get out of it...phew! To celebrate this lucky escape, I decided to throw my one and only base cloth over the dining room table and present a collection that has hitherto remained primarily in the shadows (pun intended!)..my Dark Ages Valkyrie Army, mainly consisting of Shadowforge figures from Australia. At around $5 per figure, this could possibly be my most expensive army, but then, pretty girls always cost more, but you don't mind paying!

Quite a few images here and some are not the best ever, but hopefully you enjoy them. This army has seen action a few times at my mate Julian's, taking on his Arthurian Britons or Saxons.

First up is the light infantry contingent. These are a mixture of Shadowforge "Tribal" and  Eureka Amazon ranges

The "Tribal" commander  (centre stand)

Tribal archers (the pretty girls) by Shadowforge

Next, the actual Valkyries, all produced by Shadowforge Miniatutes, now available through Eureka.

The first batch were my original basing...I only did a few figures like these before reverting to my standard 3 figures on a 40 x 40 base

Fifteen units of Sheild wall infantry

A few close up shots of some of the Shadowforge Valkyriies

Focus on Foundry - I added a few Foundry Valkyrie figures to the mix - easy to spot as most of them are  'en deshabille" !

Next up are the SLT (Senior Leadership Team)

This leader with her wolf companion is by Reaper Miniatures

The lady in the middle is again by Reaper

A male drawn chariot by Amazon Miniatures...the crew member with shield and spear is a Shadowforge addition

Princess Clodhna and shield bearers from the Gaels range by Celtos miniatures

The cavalry leader is also from Celtos - I think she was intended as a mounted heroine...

And finally, the cavalry force. To be fair, these are not actually Valkyrie cavalry at all, because Shadowforge dont make any...so I drafted in Eureka Amazon Light, Medium and Cataphract Amazons to help their sisters out... the first three images are light cavalry

Next up are the medium cavalry - I think the Eureka horses are particularly nice sculpts

Finally, the Heavies - Amazon Cataphracti from Eureka. I actually contributed to having these figures produced, by committing to buying a certain number - like a Kick Starter before anyone had coined the phrase!

So that's my Valkyrie army collection. Its been a while since they graced a table - my regular gaming buddies seem a bit wary of taking them on, as they generally do quite well...their male opponents perhaps give way to misplaced male gallantry, which they are happy to exploit to the full....long live Girl Power!